Ugh, trying to fit gaming stuff into the context of fandom-as-fanlore-knows-it is haaaard. To be honest I'm not sure that it's worth trying to catalogue individual homebrews; it might be feasible to note trends and concepts that gained traction among a lot of groups (eg build-point type systems for D&D chargen), though there probably aren't many fans involved with Fanlore who have the knowledge to do it.
And, too, with homebrews - why limit it to D&D? There's plenty of homebrewin' and creative work in the fandoms of other games, too, and always has been. (I vaguely remember an attempt by my group to port D&D to the Shadowrun system; that ended in tears, as I recall.)
What kind of gaming info are you looking to cover, in Fanlore? I'm not entirely sure that Fanlore's scope is intended to be that broad (although I'm happy to be convinced otherwise) but I'll help out where possible; I've been gaming for 20 years, and used to work as a writer in the industry.
For that matter, _is_ Fanlore's ambit that large? Does it - do we - aim to cover every fannish activity ever? Because if so, there's sports fandom, for instance, in all its huge multi-tentacled glory. Music fandom, likewise. These things are certainly fandoms, but I'm not sure that Fanlore's interests are served by spreading the energy of its contributors that much wider in trying to cover the huge world of fandom outside of its existing scope. I am not sure I see the value in it, unless we have people with the knowledge to do more than the most cursory of jobs.
(Also, tiny niggle: please don't just render down the entire hobby gaming industry and fandom to "D&D".)
(Also, threatening dice with the microwave works particularly nicely, I have found.)
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And, too, with homebrews - why limit it to D&D? There's plenty of homebrewin' and creative work in the fandoms of other games, too, and always has been. (I vaguely remember an attempt by my group to port D&D to the Shadowrun system; that ended in tears, as I recall.)
What kind of gaming info are you looking to cover, in Fanlore? I'm not entirely sure that Fanlore's scope is intended to be that broad (although I'm happy to be convinced otherwise) but I'll help out where possible; I've been gaming for 20 years, and used to work as a writer in the industry.
For that matter, _is_ Fanlore's ambit that large? Does it - do we - aim to cover every fannish activity ever? Because if so, there's sports fandom, for instance, in all its huge multi-tentacled glory. Music fandom, likewise. These things are certainly fandoms, but I'm not sure that Fanlore's interests are served by spreading the energy of its contributors that much wider in trying to cover the huge world of fandom outside of its existing scope. I am not sure I see the value in it, unless we have people with the knowledge to do more than the most cursory of jobs.
(Also, tiny niggle: please don't just render down the entire hobby gaming industry and fandom to "D&D".)
(Also, threatening dice with the microwave works particularly nicely, I have found.)